A patient recently asked me about a new diet plan called "Master Cleanse."
It is a popular "detox" diet that starts off with 7 to 10 days of strict adherence to a concoc...
Energy — the high-octane kind that pumps up the most stressed-out bodies — is only a sip away.
Or so goes the promise from the more than 500 energy beverages that are fu...
Efforts lead to legislation
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Redwood City, Calif., resident Matt Kelley has a hairless cat named Harry. For Halloween last year, Kelley dressed up as M...
Listening on a cell phone, even with a headset and free hands, can make a driver as dangerous as a drunken one, a new study suggests.
Researchers have previously explore...
Pets soothe stress of finals
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Students at Lynn University say they've been working like dogs to prepare for final exams. So who better to relieve s...
Nearly 19 percent of American adults struggle with an anxiety disorder and 5 to 8 percent deal with depression in a given year, and nearly half of those affected don't g...
Spring weather makes us want to stand outside or sit outside or run outside or garden outside. The key word being, of course, OUTSIDE.
But we also need to protect our sk...
Experiment cuts down on obesity
NEW YORK — Five Philadelphia elementary schools replaced sodas with fruit juice. They scaled back snacks and banished candy. They handed o...
Exercise, diet are important
Colorectal cancer is cancer of the colon and/or rectum. It is equally common in both men and women.
This year it is expected about 148,000 ca...
Fitness industry aims to improve
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The nation's aging, overweight population is fueling demand for personal trainers skilled at prodding the out-of-s...
